The Browning M1919 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Specifications
- Weight: 31 lb (14 kg) (M1919A4)
- Length: 37.94 in (964 mm) (M1919A4)
- 53 in (1346 mm) (M1919A6)
- Barrel length: 24 in (609 mm)
- Cartridge:
- 30-06 Springfield (U.S.)
- 7.62 x 51 mm NATO (U.S.)
- 303 British
- 8 mm Mauser
- Action: Recoil-operated/short-recoil operation
- Rate of fire: 400–600 round/min
- Muzzle velocity: 2,800 ft/s (853.6 m/s)
- Effective range: 1,500 yd (1,370 m) (maximum)
- Feed system: 250-round belt
Browning M1919A2
Browning M1919A2 on M2 tripod - .30-06 Springfield
The M1919A2 is a lightweight machine gun intended for cavalry units. It has an 18" barrel with slotted shroud and a special tripod, though the M1917 or M2 tripods could also be used. The A2 was introduced in 1922 and was in service only for a short while.
Film
Browning M1919A4
Developed in the mid-1930s the M1919A4, was by far the most common variant and the first model of the M1919 designed for general use and featured the now standard 24" barrel (earlier variants were designed as tank and cavalry machine guns and had a shorter 18" barrel). Original M1919A4s featured a different heat shield with horizontal slots similar to those found on earlier models as opposed to the circular perforations found on the vast majority of M1919s. Early M1919A4s also featured a rotating notched bar on the right side of the receiver which was used to hold the bolt in the open position to prevent ammunition cook-offs in a hot barrel, a feature required by the Army at the time. This requirement, and hence the bolt latch, was dropped in 1943 (meaning that any M1919A4 lacking this latch in media set prior to 1943 is technically incorrect) although the bolt latch remained present on some weapons until the 50s.
Browning M1919A4 - .30-06 Springfield
Browning M1919A4 on an M2 tripod, pre 1943 model with bolt latch - .30-06 Springfield
Browning M1919A4 on an M2 tripod - .30-06 Springfield
Browning M1919A4 on an M31C pedestal mount - .30-06 Springfield
Film
| Title
|
Actor
|
Character
|
Note
|
Date
|
| Mata Hari |
Ramon Novarro |
Lt. Alexis Rosanoff |
Mounted on airplane |
1931
|
| Guadalcanal Diary |
|
|
|
1943
|
| Gung Ho! |
|
|
|
1943
|
| Sahara |
Dan Duryea |
Jimmy Doyle |
Mounted in tank |
1943
|
| Sahara |
|
Commonwealth soldiers |
Mounted on M2 tripod |
1943
|
| The Fighting Seabees |
|
US Marine and Japanese soldiers |
Mounted on M2 tripod and seen in fake Japanese tanks |
1944
|
| A Walk in the Sun |
Richard Conte |
Pvt. Rivera |
|
1945
|
| Victorious Return (Majup ar uzvaru) |
|
German soldiers |
|
1948
|
| Sands of Iwo Jima |
|
US Marines |
Mounted on Amtracs |
1949
|
| The Story of G.I. Joe |
|
US Army soldier |
|
1945
|
| The Story of G.I. Joe |
|
US Army soldier |
|
1945
|
| Breakthrough |
|
U.S. Soldiers |
|
1950
|
| Flying Leathernecks |
|
US Marines |
|
1951
|
| Go for Broke! |
Don Haggerty |
SFC Culley |
|
1951
|
| Halls of Montezuma |
|
US Marines |
Man-portable, mounted on LVT-4/LVT(A)-4 Amtrac and M4 Sherman |
1951
|
| Operation Pacific |
|
US submariners |
With bolt latch |
1951
|
| Invasion USA |
|
|
Jeep mounted |
1952
|
| Battle Circus |
|
U.S. Army soldiers |
Mounted on M2 tripod |
1953
|
| The War of the Worlds |
|
U.S. Army soldiers |
Tripod and jeep mounted |
1953
|
| From Here to Eternity |
Burt Lancaster |
1st Sergeant Milton Warden |
|
1953
|
| The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms |
|
US National Guards |
Jeep mounted |
1953
|
| Godzilla |
|
Japanese Defense Forces |
|
1954
|
| To Hell and Back |
|
US Army soldiers |
Mounted on M2 tripod |
1955
|
| Between Heaven and Hell |
|
US National Guards |
Tripod and jeep mounted |
1956
|
| Death in the Garden |
|
Soldiers |
|
1956
|
| China Gate |
|
Vietnamese communists |
|
1957
|
| When Hell Broke Loose |
|
U.S. Army soldiers |
|
1958
|
| Pork Chop Hill |
|
U.S. Army soldiers |
|
1959
|
| Pork Chop Hill |
George Peppard |
Cpl. Fedderson |
|
1959
|
| Gorgo |
|
British troops |
Mounted on Centurion tanks |
1961
|
| Merrill's Marauders |
|
U.S. Army soldiers |
|
1962
|
| Hell Is for Heroes |
|
US Army soldiers |
Mounted on M2 tripod |
1962
|
| Lawrence of Arabia |
|
Turks |
|
1962
|
| Escape from Zahrain |
|
Zahrain soldiers |
Mounted on half-track APC |
1962
|
| The Four Days of Naples |
|
German troops |
Top-mounted on M47 Patton tanks |
1962
|
| Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb |
Sterling Hayden |
Gen. Jack D. Ripper |
Carried in golf bag |
1964
|
| Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb |
|
US Army soldiers |
|
1964
|
| The Thin Red Line |
|
US and Japanese soldiers |
|
1964
|
| Seven Days in May |
|
US soldiers |
Vehicle mounted, with bolt latch |
1964
|
| Thunderball |
|
US Coast Guardsman |
Bow-mounted on Coast Guard speedboat |
1965
|
| Help! |
|
British soldiers |
Mounted on Centurion tank |
1965
|
| Battle of the Bulge |
Telly Savalas |
Sgt. Guffy |
|
1965
|
| A Matter of Resistance |
|
A US soldier |
Mounted on M3 Halftrack |
1966
|
| Tarzan and the Valley of Gold |
Mike Henry |
Tarzan |
|
1966
|
| Tarzan and the Valley of Gold |
|
Vinero's soldiers |
|
1966
|
| Lost Command |
|
French paratroops |
|
1966
|
| Judith |
|
Syrian troops |
Mounted on M4 Sherman tank |
1966
|
| Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster |
|
|
Red Bamboo sentry tower mounted |
1966
|
| Cast a Giant Shadow |
|
Egyptian Army & Haganah soldiers |
|
1966
|
| Let's Not Get Angry (Ne nous fâchons pas) |
|
The Colonel's henchmen |
|
1966
|
| Is Paris Burning? |
|
US Army and Free French Forces soldiers |
|
1966
|
| The Dirty Dozen |
Stuart Cooper |
Roscoe Lever |
|
1967
|
| The Dirty Dozen |
Al Mancini |
Tassos Bravos |
|
1967
|
| How I Won the War |
|
|
On a Sherman tank mounted, in M24 Chaffee |
1967
|
| The Green Berets |
|
US Army soldiers |
|
1968
|
| The Green Berets |
|
ARVN soldiers |
|
1968
|
| Dark of the Sun |
|
UN soldiers |
|
1968
|
| The Devil's Brigade |
|
US Army soldiers |
Mounted on M2 tripod |
1968
|
| The Bridge at Remagen |
|
|
Mounted on US Army jeeps and halftracks |
1969
|
| Mr. Freedom |
|
National guardsman |
Mounted on jeep |
1969
|
| Castle Keep |
Michael Conrad |
Sgt. DeVaca |
|
1969
|
| The Bridge (Most) |
|
German soldiers |
Mounted on M3 Scout Car |
1969
|
| How I Unleashed World War II |
|
French legionnaire |
|
1970
|
| Patton |
|
US soldiers |
Mounted on M2 tripod |
1970
|
| Kelly's Heroes |
Don Rickles |
SSgt. Crapgame |
|
1970
|
| Kelly's Heroes |
Gavin MacLeod |
Moriarty |
Mounted on M4 Sherman tank |
1970
|
| Kelly's Heroes |
|
US Army soldiers |
Mounted in M4 Sherman tanks |
1970
|
| Kelly's Heroes |
|
|
Mounted on US Army jeep |
1970
|
| The Last Grenade |
Alex Cord |
Kip Thompson |
With spade grips |
1970
|
| She No Longer Talks She Shoots |
|
French policemen |
|
1972
|
| R.A.S. |
|
French troop |
Mounted on jeep |
1973
|
| Savage Sisters |
|
Philippine soldiers, guerrillas |
Mounted on US Army jeep |
1974
|
| The Secret (Le secret) |
|
French soldiers |
|
1974
|
| Hennessy |
|
|
Mounted on British Ferret armored car |
1975
|
| Deathcheaters |
|
|
Vietnam War stock footage |
1976
|
| The Muthers |
Jeannie Bell |
Kelly |
|
1976
|
| The Muthers |
Rosanne Katon |
Anggie |
|
1976
|
| The Muthers |
Trina Parks |
Marcie |
|
1976
|
| The Muthers |
Rocco Montalban |
Rocco |
|
1976
|
| The Muthers |
|
Pirates |
|
1976
|
| Operation Thunderbolt |
|
Israeli commando |
|
1977
|
| MacArthur |
|
US Soldiers |
|
1977
|
| Drummer-Crab (Le Crabe-Tambour) |
|
French sailors |
Mounted on a river boat |
1977
|
| Fireback |
|
|
Mounted on M3 tripod |
1978
|
| Go Tell the Spartans |
|
South Vietnamese troops |
|
1978
|
| Power Play |
|
Soldiers |
Canadian C5 |
1978
|
| The Deer Hunter |
|
|
Mounted on US Army Jeep |
1978
|
| Good Guys Wear Black |
|
The Black Tigers |
|
1978
|
| Cuba |
Jack Weston |
Larry Gutman |
|
1979
|
|
Cuban Government troops |
Mounted on M10 tank destroyer and jeeps
|
| The Big Red One |
|
German Army soldiers |
Mounted on M4 Sherman, mocked up as Tiger tank |
1980
|
| Porky's |
|
|
|
1981
|
| The Professional |
|
African soldiers |
Jeep mounted |
1981
|
| Attack Force Z |
Mel Gibson |
Capt. Kelly |
|
1982
|
| A Captain's Honor (L'Honneur d'un capitaine) |
|
French soldiers |
Mounted on jeeps and trucks |
1982
|
| Deal of the Century |
|
|
|
1983
|
| Banzaï |
|
African soldiers and rebels |
The rebels - mounted on armory car |
1983
|
| Rookies Run Amok 2 (Le retour des bidasses en folie) |
|
|
Mounted on M24 Chaffee |
1983
|
| The Inheritors (Die Erben) |
|
|
Seen in neo-Nazi training camp |
1983
|
| Sheena: Queen of the Jungle |
Dave Cooper |
Anders |
|
1984
|
| Code Name: Wild Geese |
|
General Khan's soldiers |
On a pedestal mount |
1984
|
| Water |
|
|
mounted on a jeep |
1985
|
| Death Wish 3 |
Charles Bronson |
Paul Kersey |
|
1985
|
| Missing In Action 2: The Beginning |
|
|
|
1985
|
| Death Wish 3 |
Charles Bronson |
Paul Kersey |
|
1985
|
| City Limits |
|
Sunya Corp troops |
|
1985
|
| Coordinates of Death (Koordinaty smerti) |
|
US soldiers |
Jeep mounted |
1985
|
| Firewalker |
|
San Miguel troops |
|
1986
|
| Order No. 027 (Myung ryoung-027 ho) |
|
ROK Armed Forces soldiers |
|
1986
|
| Extreme Prejudice |
|
|
In twin mount |
1987
|
| Extreme Prejudice |
William Forsythe |
Sgt. Buck Atwater |
Duel mounted |
1987
|
| The Sicilian |
Andreas Katsulas |
Passatempa |
On tripod |
1987
|
| The Sicilian |
|
Italian soldiers |
Mounted on jeep |
1987
|
| Curse of Snakes Valley (Klatwa doliny wezy) |
|
A Vietnamese fighter |
|
1987
|
| A Better Tomorrow III |
Tony Leung Ka Fai |
Cheung Chi Mun |
|
1989
|
| Dead Bang |
Frank Military |
Bobby Burns |
|
1989
|
| Batman |
|
|
Mounted on Batmobile, fitted with bolt latch |
1989
|
| Red Scorpion |
|
|
Mounted on a Soviet Ratel IFV |
1989
|
| Return from the River Kwai |
|
Imperial Japanese soldiers |
Visually modified to resemble Japanese Type 92 heavy machine guns |
1989
|
| River of Death |
|
Aryan Guards |
|
1989
|
| Navy SEALs |
|
|
Dual mounted on a BTR-152 |
1990
|
| Toy Soldiers |
|
Columbian soldiers |
Jeep mounted |
1991
|
| For Sacha (Pour Sacha) |
|
Israeli soldiers |
Jeep mounted |
1991
|
| Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah |
|
American troops |
Replica |
1991
|
| A Midnight Clear |
Peter Berg |
Bud Miller |
|
1992
|
| Freejack |
|
|
With spade grips |
1992
|
| Diên Biên Phú |
|
French soldiers |
|
1992
|
| Black Shark (Chyornaya akula) |
|
mujahedeens |
On tripod |
1993
|
| Reckless Kelly |
|
Big Mac |
Used in the Christian Cowboy films |
1993
|
| Falling Down |
|
|
Cutaway model in surplus store |
1993
|
| Clear and Present Danger |
|
Columbian military police |
Mounted on jeeps |
1994
|
| Sahara |
James Belushi |
Master Sgt. Joe Gunn |
|
1995
|
| Sahara |
Robert Wisdom |
Sgt. Maj. Tambul |
|
1995
|
| The English Patient |
|
|
Mounted on M4A2 Sherman tanks |
1996
|
| Saving Private Ryan |
Max Martini |
Cpl. Henderson |
|
1998
|
| Saving Private Ryan |
Demetri Goritsas |
Pvt. Parker |
|
1998
|
| Saving Private Ryan |
|
US Army soldier |
|
1998
|
| Rushmore |
|
|
In display case |
1998
|
| The Pentagon Wars |
|
|
Early slotted barrel shroud, mounted in M3 Lee tank |
1998
|
| Bedazzled |
|
|
Jeep mounted |
2000
|
| Joint Security Area |
|
|
Korean War stock footage |
2000
|
| Kippur |
|
|
Mounted on Israeli tank |
2000
|
| Deserter |
|
French Foreign Legionnaires |
Mounted on jeeps |
2002
|
| We Were Soldiers |
|
French Army soldiers |
Mounted on jeeps |
2002
|
| Half Past Dead |
|
|
On M2 tripod |
2002
|
| Windtalkers |
|
US Marines |
Mounted on M2 tripods and jeeps |
2002
|
| Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines |
Arnold Schwarzenegger |
Terminator |
With drum magazine, modified to be fired single-handedly from hip |
2003
|
| Saints and Soldiers |
|
American soldiers |
|
2003
|
| The Rundown |
|
|
|
2003
|
| The Notebook |
|
American soldiers |
|
2004
|
| Hotel Rwanda |
|
Belgian soldiers |
Jeep mounted |
2004
|
| King Kong |
|
US Army soldier |
Mounted on car |
2005
|
| The Great Raid |
|
Filipino guerrillas |
With bolt latch |
2005
|
| The President's Last Bang |
|
|
Mounted on South Korean Army M48 tanks; seen in documentary footage |
2005
|
| Flags of our Fathers |
|
US Marines |
Mounted on M2 tripod |
2006
|
| Letters from Iwo Jima |
|
US Marines |
Mounted on M2 tripod |
2006
|
| Fido |
|
US Army |
During the "Zombie Wars" documentary shown by Zomcon |
2006
|
| Assembly (Ji jie hao) |
|
Nationalist troops |
|
2007
|
| Doomsday |
Adrian Lester |
Sgt. Norton |
In anti-aircraft mount |
2008
|
| The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor |
Jessey Meng |
Choi |
Jeep mounted, fitted with bolt latch |
2008
|
| 24: Redemption |
|
Sangalan rebels |
Mounted on a "technical" |
2008
|
| Crossfire (Les Insoumis) |
|
Gangsters |
In the warehouse of weapons, vehicle mounted |
2008
|
| The Bridge |
|
US soldiers |
Mounted on M4 Sherman |
2008
|
| Che Part One: Argentine |
|
|
|
2008
|
| Che Part Two: Guerrilla |
|
Bolivian Army |
|
2008
|
| Death Race |
|
|
Vehicle mounted |
2008
|
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine |
|
US Army soldier |
Mounted on LCVP |
2009
|
| Brother's War |
|
US Army soldier |
|
2009
|
| Spoils of War |
|
|
|
2009
|
| Everyman's War |
|
US Army soldiers |
|
2009
|
| Red and White (Merah Putih) |
|
|
mounted on jeep |
2009
|
| Terminator Salvation |
|
|
Truck mounted |
2009
|
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen |
|
|
Vehicle mounted, mocked up as tri-barreled rotary guns |
2009
|
| 71: Into the Fire |
|
South Korean soldiers |
w/ bipod, mounted on M2 tripod |
2010
|
| Outside the Law |
|
French soldiers |
mounted on jeep |
2010
|
| Tomorrow, When the War Began |
|
Coalition forces |
With early slotted barrel jacket |
2010
|
| The Expendables |
|
Vilenan soldiers |
|
2010
|
| Fair Game |
|
Nigerian soldiers |
Jeep mounted |
2010
|
| The Front Line |
|
South Korean Army |
|
2011
|
| Memorial Day |
|
82nd Airborne Division machine gun crew |
Mounted on M2 tripod |
2011
|
| Oba: The Last Samurai |
|
US Marines |
Mounted on M2 tripod |
2011
|
| Sucker Punch |
Vanessa Hudgens |
Blondie |
in an aircraft |
2011
|
| The Green Hornet |
Jay Chou |
Kato |
Car mounted |
2011
|
| My Way |
|
Imperial Japanese Soldiers |
mocked up as Type 92 heavy machine gun |
2011
|
| Captain America: The First Avenger |
Derek Luke |
Gabe Jones |
With carry handle and sling |
2011
|
| Death Race 2 |
|
|
Vehicle mounted |
2011
|
| Red Tails |
|
American troops |
|
2012
|
| Red Tails |
|
|
mounted in Ju-87 |
2012
|
| Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed |
|
US soldiers |
mounted on M3 Halftrack |
2012
|
| Fury |
Logan Lerman |
Norman Ellison |
M3A1 |
2014
|
| Hacksaw Ridge |
Richard Pyros |
Randall "Teach" Fuller |
on M2 tripod and fired by the hip |
2016
|
| Hacksaw Ridge |
|
US Army soldiers |
on M2 |
2016
|
| The Siege of Jadotville |
|
mercenaries |
|
2016
|
| Jojo Rabbit |
|
U.S. Army |
|
2019
|
| Bullet Train |
|
|
Mounted on a pickup |
2022
|
Television
Video Games
| Title
|
Appears as
|
Mods
|
Notation
|
Date
|
| Jurassic Park: Trespasser |
"Browning M2" |
|
With Browning M2 style barrel jacket |
1998
|
| Hidden & Dangerous |
|
|
|
1999
|
| Medal of Honor: Allied Assault |
|
|
Mounted on jeep |
2002
|
| Medal of Honor: Frontline |
|
|
Mounted on jeep |
2002
|
| Forgotten Hope |
|
|
Mounted on M2 tripod, in bunkers and machine gun nests, on Willys MB Jeep, M4A1 Halftrack, M3 Stuart, M4A1(76) Sherman and Sherman II |
2003
|
| Hidden & Dangerous 2 |
|
|
Stationary, Twin, Tank |
2003
|
| Medal of Honor: Rising Sun |
|
|
Mounted on M3 Stuart Ligh Tank |
2003
|
| Call of Duty: United Offensive |
|
|
Vehicle mounted |
2004
|
| Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault |
|
|
|
2004
|
| Conflict: Vietnam |
|
|
|
2004
|
| Vietcong 2 |
|
|
Fitted with bolt latch |
2005
|
| Call of Duty 2 |
|
|
|
2005
|
| Day of Defeat: Source |
|
|
Fitted with carry handle and bipod |
2005
|
| Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 |
|
|
|
2005
|
| Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood |
|
|
|
2005
|
| Medal of Honor: European Assault |
|
|
Mounted on M4 Sherman tanks |
2005
|
| Call of Duty 2: Big Red One |
|
|
Mounted on M3 Stuart Ligh Tank |
2005
|
| Call of Duty 3 |
|
|
Mounted on M2 tripods and M4 Sherman tanks |
2006
|
| Company of Heroes |
|
|
Mounted on jeeps and M4 Sherman tanks |
2006
|
| Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45 |
|
With deployable bipod |
Mounted on LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel), M3A1 Haltrack, M8 Greyhound, M5A1 Stuart, Sherman Mk II and M4 Sherman |
2006
|
| Uncharted: Drake's Fortune |
|
|
Mounted |
2007
|
| Call of Duty: World at War |
|
|
Vehicle-mounted and man-portable with M1919A6 bipod |
2008
|
| Call of Duty: World at War - Final Fronts |
|
|
|
2008
|
| Bioshock 2 |
|
as part of an auto-turret |
fires .50 Cal rounds |
2010
|
| Battlefield: Bad Company 2 |
|
|
Incorrectly used by Japanese forces |
2010
|
| 7554 |
|
|
|
2011
|
| Uncharted: Golden Abyss |
|
|
with spade grips and gun shield |
2011
|
| Dead Island |
|
|
With spade grips |
2011
|
| Project Reality: Normandy |
|
|
Mounted on M4 Sherman & M26 Pershing |
2013
|
| Company of Heroes 2 |
|
|
|
2013
|
| Far East War |
|
|
|
2013
|
| World of Guns: Gun Disassembly |
Browning M1919 |
|
Mounted on M2 tripod |
2014
|
| Rainbow Six Siege |
|
|
Unusable; seen on background |
2015
|
| Heroes & Generals |
|
|
infantry and vehicle mounted versions |
2016
|
| Call of Duty: WWII |
|
|
|
2017
|
| Squad 44: Letters From The Front |
|
|
Tripod and vehicle mounted |
2018
|
| Enlisted |
|
|
Stationary mounted |
2021
|
|
|
Vehicle mounted
|
|
|
L3A1
|
| Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront |
|
|
|
2021
|
| Sniper Elite 5 |
|
|
|
2022
|
Anime
Animation
| Title
|
Voice Actor
|
Characters
|
Notation
|
Date
|
| The Iron Giant |
|
US Army soldier |
Mounted on Jeep |
1999
|
| Archer |
|
|
Mounted in grill of the Dodge Challenger Special Agent Edition |
2009 - ????
|
| What If...? - Season 1 |
Josh Keaton |
Steve Rogers/HYDRA Stomper |
as "Tesseract Gun"; "What If... Captain Carter Were The First Avenger?" (S1E01) |
2021
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Browning M1919A5 / M1919A4E1
Browning M1919A5 - .30-06 Springfield
Browning M1919A4E1 - .30-06 Springfield
When the M3A1 Stuart tank was being designed in the early 1940s, it was found that a standard M1919 could not be fitted due to there not being enough clearance in the turret to allow the bolt to be operated. Therefore, the weapons were modified with a downward curving bar affixed to the right side of the receiver to allow the bolt to be retracted from the rear of the weapon. These weapons were later given the M1919A5 classification to simplify the supply of replacement parts, and could be found with either horizontal or vertical buffer tubes depending on whether the gun was built from a flexible or fixed M1919A4. After the requirement for the M37 (a variant fitted to armored vehicles that could be converted to feed from either side) was put forward in 1950, it was decided that a variant similar to the M1919A5 would be uses in the interim. The M1919A4E1 was converted from existing stock piles of M1919A4s and was very similar to the M1919A5 except it had a straight bolt retracting bar (the downward curving bar of the M1919A5 was only necessary in the interior of the now obsolete Stuart tanks).
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| Excel Saga |
Terrorists |
M1919A5, tripod mounted |
1999
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Browning M1919A6
M1919A6, early WWII manufacture with exposed barrel hex - .30-06 Springfield
M1919A6, late WWII manufacture with muzzle booster - .30-06 Springfield
M1919A6, post-WWII manufacture with conical muzzle booster - .30-06 Springfield
The M1919A6, introduced in late 1943, was an attempt to create a light machine gun capable of being carried and operated by one man, comparable to German machine guns like the MG42. The M1919A6 featured a shoulder stock, bipod, carry handle, conical muzzle booster (on later models) and a lighter, changable barrel. The barrel weight on the M1919A4 was already marginal in terms of heat dissipation, and lightening the barrel in the M1919A6 made for a weapon that was prone to overheating and was large, heavy and awkward compared to the majority of contemporary machine guns. The original M1919A6 lacked a muzzle booster due to the need to have an exposed hex on the muzzle to allow the barrel to be changed. This led to problems cycling the action so a removable muzzle booster was added to increase the chamber pressure. At the end of WWII, a conical flash hider was introduced as part of the muzzle booster, but contrary to the majority of depictions in media, this was never actually issued before the end of the war (although it was extensively used in Korea).
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Browning AN/M2
Browning AN/M2, fixed mount - .30-06 Springfield
Browning AN/M2, flexible mount - .30-06 Springfield
Browning AN/M2, flexible mount - .30-06 Springfield
Browning .303 Mk II* - .303 British
FN Browning Model 1939 - 7.92x57mm Mauser
FN Browning Model 1939 - 7.92x57mm Mauser
The .30 AN/M2 (not to be confused with the .50 AN/M2 or 20mm AN/M2) was an aircraft variant of the M1919A4 which had a lighter receiver and thinner barrel (being overall about 1/3 lighter than the ground version), higher rate of fire and the ability to be fed from either side of the gun. The flexible mount variant of the AN/M2 is also the only production variant of the M1919 that was fitted with spade grips.
The British adopted a variant (based on Colt's commercial version, the MG 40) chambered in .303 British and redesigned to fire from an open bolt, as the cordite in .303 was far more susceptible to cook off. The British model was simply named Browning .303, quickly progressing through the Mk I, Mk I*, Mk I**, Mk II, and finally the Mk II*. The Browning .303 Mk II* ("mark two star") was the definitive model and standard for most British aircraft during WWII. Compared to the .30 AN/M2, the Browning .303 Mk II* can be easily identified by the barrel jacket featuring long oval slots instead of circular holes, as well as the large fluted muzzle booster (the booster is what defines the Mk II* compared to the Mk II). Guns mounted in bomber turrets also featured a finned conical flash suppressor on the end of the muzzle booster.
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| Najica Blitz Tactics |
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"Mission: 005 - The Fragile Dream with a Crimson Colored Horizon" |
2001
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| Strike Witches |
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Browning .303 Mk II*s mounted in Hurricane fighters |
2008
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| Strike Witches 2 |
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Browning .303 Mk II*s mounted in Lancaster bomber |
2010
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| Brave Witches |
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Browning .303 Mk II*s mounted in Seafire fighters |
2016-2017
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| Luminous Witches |
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Browning .303 Mk II*s mounted in Lancaster bomber |
2022
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| Title
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Voice Actor
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Date
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| What If...? - Season 1 |
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mounted on Spitfires; "What If... Captain Carter Were The First Avenger?" (S1E01) |
2021
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Stinger Machine Gun
Stinger machine gun replica built by Guiette Mfg., Inc. - .30-06 Springfield. This operational replica was created for the film
Flags of Our Fathers, but did not show up in the final cut.
Stinger machine gun replica built by the Canadian Historical Arms Museum - .30-06 Springfield. This replica was built for the Canadian TV show
The Weapon Hunter, and is currently stored at the Canadian Historical Arms Museum. The replica contains an ahistorical rear sight mounting bracket as the museum did not wish to permanently modify the Browning AN/M2 their replica was built on.
During WWII, Para Marine Sergeant Mel J Grevich and Private First Class John Lyttle of the Fifth Marine Division produced a handheld AN/M2 variant fitted with a simple trigger hooked up to the firing solenoid, a 100-round belt box, a BAR bipod and an M1 Garand stock. This weapon, referred to as the "Stinger," was used in the invasion of Iwo Jima, with one of the six Stinger gunners present during the operation, Corporal Tony Stein, receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor. Only six were made and none survived the war, but the story of this cobbled-together weapon is still used to remind US Marine recruits that their most powerful weapon is their mind.
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